The collection consists of photographs of buildings, street scenes and people of Edmonton.
Sin títuloThe fonds consists of photographs including the Grave’s house at 295 – 105 St., where Maria Scragg and John Stirling were married in 1907, the home of Maria and John Roxburgh, and the Chisholm Block fire.
The fonds also includes two books, ‘The George McDougall Museum and Shrine: The Little Church at the City’s Heart’ (287.9 MCD 1946), and ‘Rundle in Alberta 1840-1848’ (922.77 RUN).
The fonds consists of two panorama images of Edmonton including the river valley and the Edmonton skyline from the roof of the Tegler Building.
Sin títuloThe fonds consists of photos taken by Eric Bland for the Edmonton Bulletin in the last five years of the Bulletin’s existence (April 1947-January 1951) (EA-600). The photos include Edmonton personalities, accidents, events, clubs and societies, buildings (including churches, schools and hospitals), commerce, industry, transportation and military.
The fonds also includes images used in the publication 'Edmonton Bulletin Special Edition 1911' (EB-26). This publication gave a history of Edmonton to that point. The photographs include people, houses, buildings businesses, street scenes, bridges and transportation.
The fonds consists of the scripts for Harry Farmer’s television program “Sunday Visit” broadcast by CFRN-TV. The program highlighted the history of various churches in the Edmonton area. Each of the scripts begins: "The story of … Church as told by Harry Farmer, Producer of CFRN Television’s Sunday Visit Series". For a list of churches covered by the program scripts, see attached list.
The fonds also consists of photographs of the churches likely used in the show.
This fonds consists of photographs of Edmonton and Alberta from the late 1800s and early 1900s from various well-known photographers, including Ernest Brown, C.W. Mathers, and others that were collected by the donor. The photographs include images of Legislators visiting towns in southwestern Alberta, as well as street scenes, businesses, and buildings in Edmonton.
The fonds also includes photographs taken by Bryce Van Dusen at his store, Acme Novelty Ltd., and during a tour of Churchill, Manitoba.
Sin títuloThe fonds consists of photographs of Edmonton taken by James Botz, including various buildings, river valley scenes, coal mines and possibly James H. Botz with friends or other Botz family members.
Sin títuloThe fonds consists of a booklet of photographs of Edmonton landmarks titled Post Folder Strathcona The University City of Alberta. Photographs are reproduced from photographs by Lewis Rice, Illustrator and Publisher, Moose Jaw, Canada.
Sin títuloThe fonds consists of 6 photographs of the Henderson family and their farms. Also included in the fonds is a group photograph of early surveyors.
Sin títuloThe fonds consists of the administrative and operational records of the Old Strathcona Foundation. These records include minutes, reports, financial information, agreements, bylaws, contracts, correspondence, photographs, audiovisual tapes, and other material pertaining to the Foundation’s efforts at conservation in the Strathcona area.
An order has been imposed on the material. Four series have been utilized in the arrangement of the records. The series are as follows:
- Series 1: Administration
- Series 2: Property Files & Inventories
- Series 3: Publications & Research Library
- Series 4: Voices of Old Strathcona Oral History Project